# Ancient China

> Grade 6: the Yellow River, the Great Wall, Chinese dynasties (Shang, Qin, Han), inventions (paper, silk, compass), the Silk Road.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 6
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. What is the Yellow River's fertile silt-rich soil good for? (Building ships / Growing crops / Making glass / Mining gold)
   Answer: Growing crops
2. Why was the Yellow River sometimes called 'China's Sorrow'? (It often flooded / It was dried up / It was frozen all year / It was full of rocks)
   Answer: It often flooded
3. Early Chinese farming villages grew up along the Yellow River.
   Answer: True
4. Why was the Great Wall built? (To help protect China from invaders / To hold back river floods / To mark a farming field / To store grain for winter)
   Answer: To help protect China from invaders
5. The Great Wall was built in a single year by one emperor.
   Answer: False
6. Which dynasty is the earliest of these? (Han / Qin / Shang / Tang)
   Answer: Shang
7. Who became the first emperor of a united China, in the Qin dynasty? (Confucius / Kublai Khan / Marco Polo / Qin Shi Huang)
   Answer: Qin Shi Huang
8. Which dynasty followed the Qin dynasty?
   Answer: The Han dynasty
9. The Shang dynasty is known for writing on what, to ask the gods questions? (Clay tablets / Oracle bones / Paper scrolls / Silk banners)
   Answer: Oracle bones
10. Which material did ancient Chinese people make paper from, around 100 AD? (Animal horns / Crushed shells / Melted sand / Plant fibres and rags)
   Answer: Plant fibres and rags
11. What fabric did China keep secret for centuries, made by silkworms?
   Answer: Silk
12. What does a compass needle point towards? (Magnetic north / The Moon / The Sun / The nearest sea)
   Answer: Magnetic north
13. What was the Silk Road? (A network of trade routes / A river in China / A single paved street / A wall of silk)
   Answer: A network of trade routes
14. The Silk Road linked China with lands far to the west, including Europe.
   Answer: True
15. Name an animal that carried goods along the Silk Road across deserts.
   Answer: Camel
16. Besides goods, what else travelled along the Silk Road? (Aeroplanes / Ideas and religions / Railways / Telephones)
   Answer: Ideas and religions